. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . tional chatter bespeakingthe good fellowshijj. Tod-ld-d, fno-hi-tt, eacli onecalls, and I have onlv to rememlier this note to bringclearly to mind a bright winter morning with the freshsnow crystals sparkling in the sunshine, and in the dis-tance a tinkling chorus of Tree Spai-rows at breakfast. Another winter associate of the Jimcos, and an inti-mate friend of the Tree Sparrows, is the Redpoll, Red-Eedpoll P*^^^ Linnet, or, as he is sometimes Aeanthix Unaria. called, Ked-capped Chippy. The Red-Plate L. p^,i| ^gg^g Ijj |.|^g £^j,
. Bird-life: a guide to the study of our common birds . tional chatter bespeakingthe good fellowshijj. Tod-ld-d, fno-hi-tt, eacli onecalls, and I have onlv to rememlier this note to bringclearly to mind a bright winter morning with the freshsnow crystals sparkling in the sunshine, and in the dis-tance a tinkling chorus of Tree Spai-rows at breakfast. Another winter associate of the Jimcos, and an inti-mate friend of the Tree Sparrows, is the Redpoll, Red-Eedpoll P*^^^ Linnet, or, as he is sometimes Aeanthix Unaria. called, Ked-capped Chippy. The Red-Plate L. p^,i| ^gg^g Ijj |.|^g £^j, jN^oi^th, and the extent of his southern journeys depends very much uponthe supply of food he finds in his winter there are seeds in abundance north of the UnitedStates, we do not see many of these birds, but if thelarder fails they may come into New England in gi-eatnuml>ers, and a few may venture as far south as can not tell, therefore, when to ejcpect them, but itis well to be on the lookout from November to Plate LVI. Page 155, DICKCISSEL. Length,6-00 inches. Adult male, back black, cheBthut, and grayish ; lesserwing-coverts bright chestnut; chin white; throat black; breast yellow;belly white. Adult female, upper parts streaked black and grayish;throat white; breast yellowish, with black streaks; belly white. SNOWFLAKE AND CROSSBILL. I47 With the Tree Sparrows and Juncos, Redpolls feed onthe seeds of plants left uncovered by the snow, and thejalso include birch buds in their fare. None of our winter birds better illustrate the flock-ing habit than the Snowflakes, Snow Buntings, or, as thejsnowflake, are also called, White Snowbirds. With PUetrophenax nivaiis. a Uniformity of movement which wouldPlate L. p^j^ ^Q shame the evolutions of the best- drilled troops, they whirl over the snow-clad fields, wheel-ing to right or left, as though governed by a singleimpulse. Suddenly they swing downward into a weedyfield, alighting on the snow
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